Second Portrait

Location: the courtyard between the Gym and the E-Wing

Conversation: The subject is Jason Chang. We talked about his football season. He recently sprained his rotatory cuff, which kept him out of the 10/24/14 football game of MSJHS vs. American HS.
"What did the doctor say about your shoulder?"
"They told me not to get an MRI because MRI's are expensive. Doctors said it was probably just a sprain."
"Are you going to play this week?"
"Nope. Going to be a big baller on the sidelines!"

Temperature: 0
Tint: 0
Exposure: +0.40
Contrast: -8
Highlights: -28

Shadows: -11
Whites: +13
Blacks: -33
Clarity : +3
Vibrance: +7
Saturation: +4

Composition Review - 3 Rules

Before:

After: 

After cropping the original picture, I was able to express my three rules of composition. Simplicity is portrayed in this cropped photo because the main focus is the marble eye. The blurred background complements to the picture because the background should not be the subject of the photo. The marble eye being in focus reveals the eye as the subject of the photo, while the unfocused background complements the eye as a neutral layer. The marble eye is curved, which helps to exemplify the curved lines. Curved lines fall under the rule of leading lines. The curvature catches the viewer's attention to the marble eye and then to the surrounding area. The portion of the kite in the background adds depth to the cropped photo as it gives a sense that the marble eye is closer to the viewer than the kite as the kite is blurred. It adds layers to the photo as the marble eye is the closest layer, the kite is the middle layer, and the sky is the final layer. 

1. Simplicity

2. Leading Lines

3. Depth

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3372/18-composition-rules-for-photos-that-shine/

In today's warm up activity of Lens Unhealed Wounds, photo 8 out of 12 uses my three rules of composition best.

First Portrait

Location:  The picture was taken in the gated area behind E7.

Conversation: Ryen Teo is an avid soccer player. We talked about how he was preparing for his upcoming winter season of soccer in which he will be returning player to Mission San Jose's varsity soccer team. He stated how he was training nearly everyday after school on the soccer field between Hopkins Jr. High and Mission San Jose High School.
"Are you ready for this soccer season?"
"Yeah, I have been training everyday. Turn up."

Camera Raw Changes:
Temperature: 0
Tint: 0
Exposure: +0.35
Contrast: +16
Highlights: -40
Shadows: +16
Whites: 0
Blacks: 0
Clarity: +17
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: +20

Self-Portrait

Depth of Field-Shallow

This photo is an example of shallow depth of field. The water jetting out of the lower drinking fountain and water droplets are in focused as the background of the school and the other drinking fountain is out of focus. A depth of field is created because the blurring emphasizes the distant between the closest subject (water stream and water droplets) and the furthest objects (school and upper drinking fountain). The photo is sharper at a closer distance to focus on the water stream and droplets and gradually becomes less clear to de-emphasize the background.